New Bohemians» Caucuses | New Bohemians http://newbohemians.net The Life Adventures and Creative Works of Bob and Claire Rogers Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:04:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 We are sad for Georgia; we were there… http://newbohemians.net/we-are-sad-for-gori-all-of-georgia-we-were-there http://newbohemians.net/we-are-sad-for-gori-all-of-georgia-we-were-there#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:03:00 +0000 Webmaster http://newbohemians.net/?p=130 Read the rest of this article...]]> DSCN6931

When Claire and I traveled, we rode our tandem bicycle the length of the Caucuses. We spent a night in Gori, the town that Russians have taken today. In another small town to the west, we were welcomed into a graduation party by a group of teens, watched them dance traditional Georgian folk dances, enjoyed the beauty of the town and surrounding countryside. The two girls and their mother (woman washing greens at the well) subsist in the countryside west of Gori; I wonder if they are safe, how terrified they must be. Our country’s misguided adventure in Iraq renders us impotent against Russia. They can do what they want to tiny (a few days across by bicycle) Georgia. What will they do next?

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We are sorry Georgia. You were kind to us. Now that the the oil pipeline is finished across your lands, we don’t need you anymore. We hope the Russians don’t destroy the pipeline. We can’t stop them; we are otherwise engaged.

]]> http://newbohemians.net/we-are-sad-for-gori-all-of-georgia-we-were-there/feed 0 We are sad for Gori, all of Georgia; we were there… http://newbohemians.net/we-are-sad-for-gori-all-of-georgia-we-were-there-2 http://newbohemians.net/we-are-sad-for-gori-all-of-georgia-we-were-there-2#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:03:00 +0000 Bob Rogers http://newbohemians.net/we-are-sad-for-gori-all-of-georgia-we-were-there-2 Read the rest of this article...]]> Claire and I rode our tandem bicycle the length of the Caucuses. We spent a night in Gori, the town that Russians have taken. In another small town to the west, we were welcomed into a graduation party by a group of teens, watched them dance traditional Georgian folk dances, enjoyed the beauty of the town and surrounding countryside. The two girls and their mother (woman washing greens at the well) subsist in the countryside west of Gori; I wonder if they are safe, how terrified they must be. Our country’s misguided adventure in Iraq renders us impotent against Russia. They can do what they want to tiny (a few days across by bicycle) Georgia. What will they do next?

Left: President Bush visited Georgia not long before us. Right: Monument to hometown boy Stalin outside Gori.DSCN6880DSCN6875

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Have any of these people died?

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We are sorry Georgia. You were kind to us. Now that the the oil pipeline is finished across your lands, we don’t need you anymore. We hope the Russians don’t destroy the pipeline. We can’t stop them; we are otherwise engaged.

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